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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1937
Page
7
The Y M C A offers conditioning programs built on a sound mind and body principle drawing many business and professional men. Winter is peak season with Business Men's Conditioning classes, daily court games like badminton squash and handball, volleyball at noon, and a heated pool aiding year round fitness.
Five local high school basketball teams begin or continue their seasons this week. McKinley starts at Winton Tuesday, Immaculate Conception faces Our Lady Of Victory Waterloo the same night, and Franklin meets Muscatine Friday on the local floor. Roosevelt battles McKinley on the east side, Wilson travels to Clinton, and Fort Madison beat the locals 47 38 Friday. St Patrick s and St Wenceslaus sit out until next week.
West Branch coach Theo Mansager reveals the cage season lineup with games at Springdale Bennett Tipton University High Clarence West Liberty Durant Mount Vernon Anamosa Sprincedale Tipton Mechanicsville Monticello Wilton and the county tournament from December through February with sectional action on February 25.
After a holiday layoff, Memorial Coliseum presents a main event with Dick Daviscourt facing Jim Clinstock. New ticketing starts Thursday with 40 cent men 25 cent women general admission, ringside prices 75 and 40. Other bouts feature Frank Brown vs Scotty MacDougall and Scotty Dawkins vs Johnny Marrs.
Louisiana State downed Tulane 20 to 7 before 40,000, keeping Sugar Bowl hopes alive. Tulane struck first on Johnny Andrews 70 yard run, then LSU answered with a 20 yard pass from Bussey to Kavanaugh. Caroleas connected with Larry King for a four yard score, and Rohm added a 12 yard run to seal the win.
Decorah Iowa Luther college 1937 basketball champions of the Town conference face the new season with only two returnees. Captain Minnard Hanson of Spring Valley Wisconsin and Les Anderson of Albert Lea Minnesota are back as regulars. Harlan McKinney and Ted Normann also return at forward. Losses include Joedy Boyett Art Grangaard and Clarence Nelson. Reserves Gilmer Highten Obed Norem Jack Fox Don Moore Don Hastings Gene Nordby Jerome Scholt Clayton Hougard Leo Olson Jim Holmlund join the squad. Regular practice under Coach Hamlet Peterson begins after Thanksgiving.
The schedule lists tentative dates for upcoming practice sessions and games with Gustavus Adolphus Macalester Western Union Cornell Dubuque Wartburg Columbia Simpson Central Ambrose and Upper Iowa. venues alternate between here and there. Some dates are marked tentative, with Dec 10 11 15 Jan 15 17 21 Feb 1 4 5 11 21 25 26 March 2 and 5 noted as likely.
Admission charges for the University of Iowa home games remain unchanged. General admission for six conference games is 40 cents with 75 cent reserved seats. three non conference games cost 25 cents with no reserved seating. Over five years 311100 attended the home contests. Home dates include Dec 9 Carleton doubleheader, Dec 13 Washington, Jan 8 Indiana, Jan 10 Northwestern, Jan 31 South Dakota, Feb 5 Ohio State, Feb 19 Chicago, Feb 26 Michigan, and Feb 28 Minnesota.
The YMCA league starts with nine teams led by Culver Motors as top contenders after last season. Opening games include Culver Motors vs Peter Pan at 8 and Baby Ruth vs Armstrongs at 9, with play continuing Mondays and Wednesdays through January 17.
Shueyville faces Norway in the season opener Tuesday evening November 30 as both schools schedule a double header at the C S A hall in Swisher. Players reporting for practice include Serbousek Sterner Sterner Witosunek Ziskovsky Kloubec Gray Melsha Netolicky Novotny Ludvicek. All Shueyville home games are at the Swisher venue.
Centenary's Southern Gentlemen outplayed the Oklahoma Aggies 19 to 0 in Stillwater as 1000 fans braved a snow covered field. Weenie Bynum ran 42 yards for a third period TD and John Lingo intercepted a pass to set up a late score, with Stone adding a late touchdown.
The Allied Industrial league begins play this week at the Quaker Oats gym in Stuart hall with games on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Teams include La Plant Choate, Speeder Machinery, Quaker Oats, Iowa Steel, Hall Manufacturing, Iowa Light and Power, Penick and Ford, and Wilsons in a double round robin. Opening night features La Plant Choate vs Speeder Machinery and Quaker Oats vs Iowa Steel with 7:30 and 8:30 starts.
MEMPHIS Tenn AP manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants said there was nothing to the claim that New York acquired Joe Ducky Medwick from St. Louis in exchange for Mel Ott Hal Schumacher and Gus Mancuso.
Experiments are underway testing fenders made from rubber to assess durability and impact absorption for automotive use. Researchers aim to compare performance with traditional metal designs and identify potential cost and weight benefits.
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